Region: Sudan and Ethiopia agreed to deploy a joint force to secure their joint border and prevent any hostile activities against the two countries. (Xinhua)

Region: Democratic Republic of Congo’s former military chief Faustin Munene, who has been accused by Kinshasa of an attempted coup against President Joseph Kabila in 2011, has been arrested in Gabon. (AFP)

Nigeria: The army released 244 Boko Haram suspects who have denounced their membership in the deadly extremist group. (AP)

South Africa: Prosecutors said they are seeking $130 million from global consultancy McKinsey and a local firm linked to a graft scandal that has engulfed President Jacob Zuma. (AFP)

AMERICAS

Chile: The National Customs Service seized a tractor-trailer coming from Bolivia carrying narcotics valued at $2.2 million in the northern city of Iquique. (EFE)

United States: A former CIA officer has been arrested and charged with illegally retaining classified records, including names and phone numbers of covert CIA assets. (AP)

Venezuela: The government announced that rogue pilot Oscar Perez was among seven “terrorists” killed during a bloody police assault. (AFP)

ASIA

China: The military will be subject to “stricter” discipline checks as efforts to root out corruption, a senior military official said. (Xinhua)

Myanmar: Police opened fire on a mob of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists as they tried to seize a government office, killing seven and injuring 13 more (AFP)

Pakistan: A senior police officer has escaped unhurt in a suicide blast targeting his vehicle in the southern port city of Karachi, (Xinhua)

EUROPE

Region: EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker renewed an offer to Britain to stay in the European Union and said he hoped that even if it goes through with Brexit it would apply to rejoin the bloc. (Reuters)

Czech Republic: The government led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis agreed to resign after the minority cabinet lost a confidence vote a day earlier. (Reuters)

Germany: The federal prosecutor’s office says police have conducted a series of searches across the country in connection with investigations into 10 suspected Iranian spies. (RFE-RL)

Spain: Catalonia’s parliament meets for the first time since it was dissolved, but without sacked regional leader Carles Puigdemont who is in self-imposed exile in Belgium. (AFP)

MIDDLE EAST

Iraq: The Royal Australian Air Force has flown its final strike mission over Iraq in the fight against Islamic State, a chief marshal said. (Xinhua)

Saudi Arabia: The military said it had intercepted a fresh missile attack by Yemeni rebels on the south of the country, and renewed its accusations that Iran had armed them. (AFP)

Yemen: Saudi Arabia announced it would transfer $2 billion to Yemen’s central bank, following desperate calls for funding from the war-torn country’s president and prime minister. (AFP)

TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

Technology: The attorneys general of 22 states — including New York, California, Kentucky, and Mississippi — are suing over the repeal of net neutrality regulations. (Mashable)